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Bugged

I have a theory that in every couple, there is one person who is seldom bitten by insects, and one who may as well be walking around with a neon sign saying "Bug buffet, all you can eat, free! Bring a friend!" floating above their head. I currently

Sutton Hoo

I saw my first dead body at Sutton Hoo. True, the chap had been dead for centuries, and was little more than a dark, man shaped bulge against the orange soil, but to a six year old, that's still pretty darned cool. That and the fact that the

Summer, spiders, and tails

It's the middle of summer, according to the spiders observed by Fred First in his blog Fragments from Floyd. I would be watching the spiders around here, but they're all in the basement and Quantum the kitten turns out to be an expert bug hunter. The

Kitten in the house

The obligatory cute kitty picture: We named her Quantum, though both Fermat and Fragment were close seconds. How she broke her tail I don't know, but it had to be amputated, leaving only a little stub. Her previous owners didn't want a "deformed" cat,

Kitten

We have a kitten with no name, and also no tail, but that's besides the point. Any suggestions for a name for a female kitten, tail lost in an accident, not wanted by previous owner, and arrived in our house today? She's a mackerel tabby with

Narf!

Curtains! Finally we have curtains in the bedrooms! Thank goodness for cordless drills and ceiling fans. Nope, I really can't think of anything to say.

Health Insurance

How competent are health insurance companies? I ask because I'm amazed at ours and wonder if they're all the same. Our health insurance is with a company I'll call X. Up until last December, X had been doing reasonably well. In December they refused

Broken Limbs

Hubby's busy with the Natural Church Development task force thing, so I get to come home and hunt down good music on MP3.com. And wonder how much it'll cost to repair the damage a tree limb did to our electrical connection outside on its way

Catching up

It was great having Paul Bristow over to stay. True to form, we experienced weather from blazing hot sunshine through torrential downpour, in the same day. Much running around, and we were sad to see him go. Altoids have brought out citrus sours ad tangerine sours, in round tins. Marvellous

Yawn

You can stop the endless deliveries of flowers, get well cards and chocolate, I'm almost better. What, you hadn't sent any? Shame on you. If I could import one law from Britain to America, it would be the one about no obstructions bigger than 10mm in

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